Media Releases

Nagoya, Japan: Nations now gathering in Nagoya, Japan for the most crucial meeting in a decade of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) need to not only agree on new targets for halting biodiversity loss but also set up the mechanisms and commit the resources to achieving...

Toronto and Canmore, Alberta, Monday October 18 – Environmental Groups are commending the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for recognizing the need to establish clear cut offs for water withdrawals from the Lower Athabasca River when flows get too low in order to protect aquatic life. DFO’s recent...

The report, a leading statement of the planet’s health, found that people are spending beyond the Earth’s ecological means and dipping far into the Earth’s natural capital. The ecological deficit caused by consumption of energy, water and materials at rates 50 per cent beyond supply will have serious repercussions...

Human and environmental tragedy Human and environmental tragedy The mining waste has covered over 40 km2, killing at least 4 people and injuring more then 120. In total 7,000 were directly affected by the poisonous flash flood. “Currently it is impossible to do any sort of estimate of the...

Mexico City, Mexico – Business leaders convening today in Mexico City will hear that meeting needs is a better basis for a low carbon economy than a focus for improving technologies for delivering the same goods that have met the needs so far. A report issued by the Low...

Toronto, O.N. and Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Aquarium and WWF-Canada are proud to announce that the 17th annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, was a great success, with over 47,000 Canadians having registered to clean over 1,200 sites across Canada. Over the week of September...

(Halifax, Canada: September 24, 2010) The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) followed through on commitments to implement an effective rebuilding strategy for southern Grand Banks cod in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada this week. A working group of scientists and managers was established to develop a rebuilding strategy in line...

(Halifax, Canada: September 16, 2010) New fisheries data suggest that after a 16 year moratorium, Atlantic cod on the southern Grand Banks have increased by 69 percent since the last assessment in 2007. While this cod stock is still near historic lows, a significant increase in the number of...

Today WWF-Canada indicated that it hopes the Ontario Legislature will soon pass an amended Act with respect to land use planning and protection in the Far North. The legislation was introduced in June 2009 to implement a vision announced by Premier McGuinty a year earlier for the boreal region...

Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:00 AM ADT WWF will hold a media briefing to outline the management measures that the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) should take to ensure the recovery of Grand Banks cod and the protection of vulnerable ecosystems. The potential long-term economic benefits of these measures...